On 28 April 2017 at 10:39, Matthew Miller mattdm@fedoraproject.org wrote:
"Lights up"
People reacted strongly to this. I'm not surprised — but, personally, I still kinda like it. Sure, it's jargon, but I don't think the metaphor is hard to understand. And, I didn't hear an alternative better than "enables", which feels particularly weak to me. This isn't the hill I plan to die on, though, if everyone hates it. I'd still love to hear something more interesting than "enables".
I personally like enables. The reason being that we are going to use this phrase for 5 years.. every day and jargon rarely ages well. [As of 2 weeks ago "lights up" seemed to mean this meme when I asked some people http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/expanding-brain which was "old" by the time I asked it.] But in any case jargon that lights up the neurons usually becomes the "Oh my lord, that old chestnut?" {to use my edwardian jingoism} soon after. Using plain boring language of enables makes sure that if lights up goes from brains expanding to burning down projects in 6 months.. we aren't scrambling to say "no no we don't mean we want to kill all baby kittens because that is what you think it means today"
Platform vs. Platforms / "Supports an Ecosystem"
There was some discussion about whether we build _a_ platform or multiple platforms. And, related, some of the earliest comments were about an ecosystem emphasis. I think the above section actually addresses this — a platform with an ecosystem is exactly the intent, and I really think the draft as proposed carries that well. I'd very much welcome help with additional supplemental and explanatory material, though.
My love of platforms is no hill to die on either.. so I can go with that term :).
Thank you for the counter-feedback.